PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Valentino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sadiq Hossein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hossein
vs
Valentino

170 cm
24
160 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
166 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Giorgio Valentino!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein checks a low kick from Valentino.
Valentino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hossein manages to avoid it.
Hossein throws a lazy right hand but Valentino sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hossein slips under a jab.
Valentino is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hossein sizes up Valentino with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Valentino does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentino misses with a looping left.
Valentino throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
Valentino throws a lazy right hand but Hossein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valentino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Valentino looks to land a body kick but Hossein moved away.
Valentino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hossein manages to avoid it.
Valentino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valentino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Valentino throws a head kick but Hossein moves out of range.
Valentino misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentino lands with a shot to the body.
Hossein takes a swing at Valentino's ribcage but misses.
Valentino misses the jab.
Hossein throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Valentino counters with a three punch combo that has Hossein backing up. Hossein nods at Valentino to acknowledge the strikes.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Valentino's head but Valentino sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Valentino's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Valentino misses with a straight left.
Valentino connects with a body shot.
Valentino lands with a cross.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Valentino thumps Hossein with a low kick.
Valentino slips under a jab.
Valentino takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hossein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valentino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A cross from Hossein lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentino lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body punch from Hossein.
Valentino throws an overhand right that lands on Hossein's shoulder, as Hossein tries to avoid the shot.
Valentino slips a straight right by Hossein.
Hossein misses the jab.
Valentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That kick from Valentino tenderised Hossein's leg. Hossein is trying to keep his angry face on.
Valentino slips under a jab from Hossein.
Valentino uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hossein misses with an uppercut.
Hossein throws a right hand that Valentino ducks under and follows up with a left that Valentino also avoids with ease.
A combination from Hossein does no damage.
Valentino fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Valentino does it's job there.
Valentino misses with a few strikes there.
Hossein explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Giorgio Valentino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentino lands a nice shot to the body.
Valentino takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hossein on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Valentino connects with a high kick.
Valentino slips a straight right by Hossein.
Valentino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valentino lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hossein takes a swing at Valentino's ribcage but misses.
Valentino tries a low kick but Hossein avoids it.
Hossein tests Valentino's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein thows a body shot but no joy.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valentino.
Valentino scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hossein misses with a body punch
and Hossein takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valentino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valentino displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hossein throws out the jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Valentino. Hossein shrugs it off though.
Nice uppercut lands for Valentino. That snapped Hossein's head back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Hossein.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentino.
Valentino misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Valentino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
That's time! Hossein's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A head kick from Valentino lands but Hossein takes it in his stride.
Valentino lands a slapping body shot.
Hossein scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Valentino.
Valentino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hossein.
Valentino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valentino chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A lazy left from Hossein finds it's target.
Hossein moves out of range of the strikes.
Hossein moves away from the strike by Valentino.
Valentino lands an overhand right.
Valentino looks to land a left hand but Hossein moved out of range nicely.
Valentino connects with a solid leg kick.
Valentino looks to land a right hand but Hossein moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Hossein. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hossein.
Hossein takes a swing at Valentino's ribcage but misses.
Valentino moves away from the strike by Hossein.
Hossein missing with a left hand there. Valentino was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hossein slips a straight right by Valentino.
Valentino avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Hossein avoids the head kick by Valentino.
Valentino throws a hook but Hossein avoids it easily.
Valentino scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hossein throws a jab but it's blocked by Valentino.
Valentino digs a good hook to Hossein's body.
Valentino throws a nice outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Valentino.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentino swings for the body but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein lands a head shot.
Valentino avoids the body shot from Hossein.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentino takes one on the button.
Valentino misses the shot to the body.
Hossein lands with a shot to the body.
Valentino throws a leg kick but Hossein sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hossein connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Valentino moves out of range of the body kick from Hossein.
Hossein misses with a looping left.
Hossein is looking to land body kicks.
Valentino dodges the punch combination from Hossein.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Valentino.
Valentino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hossein cracks Valentino with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Valentino throws a low kick but Hossein moves out of range easily.
Valentino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valentino fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hossein.
Hossein is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hossein misses with a straight left.
Hossein moves out of range as Valentino strikes.
Valentino thuds a left hand into Hossein's body.
Hossein thows a body shot but no joy.
Hossein misses with a hook.
Valentino scores with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentino fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hossein on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentino scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hossein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valentino was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Valentino misses with a body shot.
Valentino throws a looping overhand right but Hossein ducks down to avoid it.
Valentino misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentino. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hossein.
A punch combination from Hossein misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab lands there for Hossein.
Hossein on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Valentino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valentino was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Valentino connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentino.
A big right from Hossein misses.
A big right from Hossein misses.
Giorgio Valentino seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hossein throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hossein avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentino. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Sadiq Hossein's cut is getting worse.
Hossein throws a lazy uppercut
and Valentino counters with a thumping low kick.
Valentino misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentino fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hossein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Valentino ducks under a wild hook from Hossein.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valentino.
Valentino walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hossein checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentino. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentino connects with a high kick.
Hossein cracks a nice hook into Valentino's ribs.
Valentino looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Valentino lands with a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Hossein.
Hossein scores with the left hand. Valentino knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hossein blocks a head kick by Valentino.
Good standup being displayed there by Hossein as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Valentino needs to keep his hands up - Hossein had a free shot at his head there.
Hossein avoids the body shot from Valentino.
Valentino scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hossein in his tracks.
Valentino slips under a jab from Hossein.
Valentino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hossein connects with a body shot that sends Valentino's belly button to the back.
Valentino misses with a body shot.
Hossein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hossein avoids the head kick by Valentino.
Valentino avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Valentino uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentino scores with a nice right hand.
Hossein lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hossein tries a low kick but Valentino avoids it.
Valentino keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Sadiq Hossein's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Valentino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valentino takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Valentino is rocked!
Hossein throws a poor cross that misses
and Valentino counters with a thumping low kick.
Valentino is still on wobbly legs! Can Hossein finish him?
Valentino misses the shot to the body.
Valentino throws a leg kick which misses Hossein's front leg but catches the back leg as Hossein tries to avoid it.
Valentino seems to have recovered his senses.
Donk. Hossein catches Valentino right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Hossein.
Valentino fails to land with a series of punches.
Valentino takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentino slips under a jab from Hossein.
Valentino throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Hossein.
Hossein misses with an uppercut. Valentino saw that one coming.
Hossein blocks a low kick nicely.
Good shot there by Hossein.
Hossein thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Valentino.
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentino is looking to chop away at Hossein's legs.
Valentino on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sadiq Hossein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valentino ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Giorgio Valentino.
Well Valentino has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giorgio Valentino!
An out of breath Giorgio Valentino thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.